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I BARREL ATTACHMENT. No; 309,544. Patented Dec. 23, 1884.

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UNTTan STaTns PATENT Trina GURT HILL AND ALPHONSE PELTIER, OF BROOKLYN,

NEXV YORK.

BARREL ATTACl-lWlENT.

EAPECIFIGAIION forming part of Letters Patent No. coaster, dated December 28, 188%.

Application filed July 28, 1884. (N0 model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OURT HILL and AI.- rHoNsn PELTIER, both of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Wine-Barrel Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in combining a transparent funnel, which also acts as an indicator, for determining the level, color, and general character of the wine,with a seal to prevent evaporation of the aroma of the contents of the barrel, the funnel to be placed on the barrel in the storage-cellar when the wine is to lie for aging, the objects being, first, to prevent the wine from becoming moldy second, to indicate the level of the wine at a glance; and, third, to prevent the escape of the bouquet or aroma so essential in wines.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, Figurel is a central longitudinal section ofan attachment embodying our improvement. Fig. 2 is a horizontal view of the same.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures.

'V designates a vessel of glass or other transparent material.

:t represents a socket or sleeve of prepared rubber, which is firmly seated in the bunghole' of the barrel B, while the tapering neck N ofthe flask is free to slip through it.

(3 represents a cork stopper inserted in the mouth of the vessel.

H. is a small disk or cone of horn, rubber, or any suitablemate:rial,which acts as avalve, when desired, as more fully hereinafter dcscribed. This valve is held in position by a valve-connection, G, of cotton cord or rattan, to which it is attached, and which passes up through cork 0, so it can be manipulated from the outside.

\V represents cotton wicking or yarn, -secured to inner surface of cork.

The body of the vessel V is here shown cylindrical in shape, althoughwe do not confine ourselves to that shape. If it is globular,with an upper and lower opening, it would be as effective if used in combination with the other parts forming our invention. It may be found advisable in some cases, especially with large barrels, to make this vessel of wood and set in some pieces of glass around the interior periphery to determine the contents. If a wooden cylinder so constructed and adapted be used with a lower valve and stopper 0, and arranged as herein described, it would carry out our invention to all intents and purposes. The top of the vessel should end off in a wide mouth, slightly tapering toward the bottom, as shown. Cork 0 may be of the ordinary cork-wood, to the inner surface of which, preferably, cotton wicking is secured by pegs or otherwise.

\Ve find that when the wicking is saturated with salicylic acid in a hydrated state the gas it generates prevents the rising and escape of the aroma or bouquet in wines, and at the same time prevents the wine from getting moldy.

The operation is as follows: The attachment is inserted in the bung-hole of a wine-barrel and the cork O permitted to hang over the sides of the vessel V, enough cord G- having been withdrawn to permit valve H to swing lear. of lowering opening. The vessel then acts as a simple funnel. Wine is filled into the barrel and continues until the liquid rises in the vessel, say, one-half or three-quarters way up. Salicylic acid in hydra-ted statehaving been applied to the wicking, the cork Ois securely inserted in the mouth of the vessel, the valve H remaining open, and the after fermentation of the wine, if any, may proceed. \Vhen desired, the valve H and valve-connection G may be dispensed with without detriment to the effectiveness of the device. The valve H is only called into use when it is desired to remove the attachment from a filled barrel, in which case it is only necessary to draw up the valve-connection G, and this disk or cone will cover lower opening. The oomplete attachment, consisting of the vessel V,

cork C, valveconnection G, and valve H,with' its contents of wine, may then be removed with little or no loss of liquid. In taking the place of an ordinary funnel it prevents waste by overflow, because the level of the wine, when at the proper point, is visible, and the fiow can be immediately stopped without loss. The cellarer in making his tours of inspection needs only to glance at the attachment on each of the barrels to determine the height of the column of wine, whether any has leaked out or been drawn from, or the color of the wine can be seen without being compelled todraw it in the usual manner.

Having nowrfully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A transparent glass funnel, V, or Vessel made of an opaque material with glasses for indicating the contents, having a co1nparatively wide opening at upper end, and tapering nozzle N at lower end, in combination with a prepared rubber socket, R, and cork stopper 0, upon whose interior surface cotton yarn or wiokin g W has been secured, substantially as and for the purpose set forth and described.

2. A glass vessel, V, or one made of an opaque material in which glasses have been inserted for exhibiting the contents, the cork stopper 0, lined with cotton yarn or wicking, the prepared rubber socket R, and the tapering base-nozzle N, in combination with a alve; H, secured to valve-connection G, operative from the outside, substantially as and for the purpose set forth and described.

OURT HILL. ALPHONSE PELTIER. Witnesses:

RAoUL TH. CORDEAU, E. F. GENNERT. 

